This show features vegan sociologists Josephine Brown, Zoei Sutton and Alex Hill. They discuss a wide range of topics including vegan men, meat and masculinity and thinking about our homes as spaces not just for humans but also for companion animals. Part 1 of the discussion builds on themes covered in …continue
Adam and Davita welcome Zoë and Dieter to the show, to talk about the book ‘A Guide to the Creatures in your Neighbourhood’. Zoë and Dieter are part of the Urban Field Naturalist Project that invites you to slow down and attune to the incredible lifeworlds right around you. The Urban …continue
We chat with Dr Danny Pimentel, a researcher from the University of Oregon. Danny’s research investigates the impacts of eXtended Reality (VR, AR, and MR) storytelling experiences on attitudes and behavior. In particularly, Danny has investigated how seeing the world through an animals eyes in Virtual Reality influences people. If you’re interested in trying out …continue
We welcome Dinesh Mathew to the show to talk about food and his political journey and policies that can unite parties on the left for animals. Music Played: Nina Simone ‘Mississippi Goddam’ – https://shop.ninasimone.com/products/feeling-good-her-greatest-hits-and-remixes-cd Hedwig and the Angry Inch ‘Origin of Love’ – https://open.spotify.com/album/79l4BIW8SN0M7bZAGmP0EB Beddy Rays ‘Sort It Out’ – https://beddyrays.bandcamp.com/track/sort-it-out Your browser does …continue
This show features political theorist Ruth Abbey on the place of veganism in the Australian Animal Justice Party. The discussion is based around Ruth’s (2022) article: ‘Veganism and Australia’s Animal Justice Party’, published in New Political Science: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393148.2022.2053475 You can hear more from Ruth on the Seeing Green podcast, discussing the …continue
We discuss Victoria’s animal care and protection laws which are open for consultation. You can provide your feedback on the planned changes to animal care and protection laws through engage victoria. You feedback can help create better legislation for animals so if you’ve got some time please consider submitting some …continue
This is a trivia show featuring questions related to animals, animal rights and animal advocacy. Questions range from the number of species of ants, to the proportion of Australians who are vegan, to the talking gorilla raised by Penny Patterson. Listen in and see if you can beat other FoS …continue
This week we listen to some animal rights songs. We start by discussing the lack of strong animal activist messaging in kids media, particularly YouTube Kids, and then get into listening to some music!You can find all of the songs played on todays episode in the Spotify playlist, Animal Lib …continue
